Symmetry In Physics: Volume 1: Principles And Simple Applications
by J.P. Elliott /
1984 / English / PDF
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Table of contents :
Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Introduction....Pages 1-8
Groups and Group Properties....Pages 9-23
Linear Algebra and Vector Spaces....Pages 24-42
Group Representations....Pages 43-84
Symmetry in Quantum Mechanics....Pages 85-105
Molecular Vibrations....Pages 106-124
Continuous Groups and their Representations, including Details of the Rotation Groups ?2 and ?3 ....Pages 125-155
Angular Momentum and the Group ?3 with Illustrations from Atomic Structure....Pages 156-182
Point Groups with an Application to Crystal Fields....Pages 183-212
Isospin and the Group SU 2 ....Pages 213-225
The Group SU3 with Applications to Elementary Particles....Pages 226-250
Supermultiplets in Nuclei and Elementary Particles —the Groups SU4 and SU6 and Quark Models....Pages 251-264
Back Matter....Pages 265-IV
